I love stories about missionaries around the world, because I grew up as a missionary kid on the mission field. These stories really hit home for me, because I have had similar things happen in my own life. Just like these stories, I've also seen God's hand at work to protect and provide for my family. Just like these missionaries, I've also known the exquisite joy of seeing souls reborn in Christ and the absolute transformation of their lives in a new Christian community.

My favorite missionary has always been David Brainard and I was glad to see that he is included in this book. However, each chapter is so short that they can't really do justice to the full biography of each missionary. These are more like little introductions to the most famous quotes or most notable achievements of each person. But you would have to pick up a full biography to really understand all that God did through these people and their ministries.

The writing is very simple for children, and it glosses over some of the more violent or disturbing aspects of missionary life. Many of these missionaries were martyred, tortured, imprisoned, and had other horrible things happen to them. I think the book does a good job of telling the facts, but at an appropriate level for children. Most of the time, the writing just states that the person was killed, but doesn't go into detail. Even so, it's very emotional and intense to read about, so it might not be right for young or sensitive children. Reading this as an adult, I ended up crying through most of the book, because most of the stories are very tragic - full of hope and grace and God's power, but also tragic and full of sorrow.

I took off one star because some of the writing isn't very well constructed. The sentence structure is awkward in places, and there are a few typos. It needed a better editor.